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work type

Letter

work date

1861-12-21

material

1 page letter

technique

image/jpg/300 dpi; 1.3 MB; 2010-08-02

repository

Digital Library and Archives

repository place

Blacksburg, Virginia

current site

Ms2009-112; John Newton Carnahan Letters, 1861-1862; Folder 1

style period group movement

www.americansouth.org

nationality culture

eng

related work

Ms2009-112; John Newton Carnahan Letters, 1861-1862

notes

Confederate soldier in the 54th Virginia Infantry writes from Paintsville on traversing rough country, the Union army taking provisions and goods along the Ohio River, and instructions for his children on good behavior and studying while he is away.